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, SHIRT. APBLIGMION :um MAY 18, 1912.

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I To all whom/'it mag/concern.'

"i yappiitation me'ajmay Be it'known that I, EDWARD.J, `WEIsBU.1vI, a. citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of the city of Newport-,Jin the county'of- Campbell and Statey ofl Kentucky, have in vented certain new 'andfuseful Improve- "ments in Shirts, ofv vvhicl1-tl1e followingis a full,` clear, and exact description', reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this speo'iication. y

T he obj ectA of my invention -is to provide a construction for shirtsin. Which the neck band may be readily andeasilyadjusted for fractional sizes of collars/.Without altering or affecting the fit ofthe shirt, -so lthat a single shirt may be'manufactured and solds d for even and half-sizes, and when desired' may be adjusted for quarter sizes. l

For the proper fit for separable collars it has long been customary to manufacture and sell collars in quarter sizes; but it has not been found practicable to manufacture the shirts except inhalf sizes for the reason that if the shirt-s were manufacturedda quarter sizes, haberdashers .would be 1re-- quired, in placing in a line ofany paftiug-` lar shirt, to double the amount of .stockroom now necessaryto be provided. Inasmuch as most stores for handling this line of goods are comparatively small and of limited'. it would be entirely'impract-icable 4for space,

' the proprietor to `furnish store room` for'l a complete line of shirts vin quarter sizes My inventionis yintended yto overcome this? difliculty, and-Without adding to the amount,

of stock now-required -toprovide any. particular line of shirts, to const-ructthe .neck

l Va5 band so thatit maybe readily and easily adjusted for quarter sizes, Without altering or affecting the yoke and shoulders of the shirt;

In the dra-W1ngs,-Figure l isa perspective view of the upper portion and neck band of a shirt,vieWedfron-the inside. Fig` 2 is a similar View, from'theoutside. Fig. 3 is a -detail view showing the overlapping tabs of thedivided neck. band turned back.

The shirt is formed in the usual Way with the bosom 1 open in front, the shoulder portions 2,2, andthe back .yoke 3. The

usual' neck band 4 is open in front and provided with the usual button holes 5, for the front collar button, and the neck band is divided at the back and formed with overlapping tabs 6, 7. A V-shaped portion is cut from the middle part of the yoke 3 at the the .proper .fit and appearance 'of specification 'or Letters Patent. j, v

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:tially beyond the gusset 'on either side. "This cushioned backl isof vdouble thickness'of maj backand a' gusset 8 inserted and sewediin. l place; This gusset 'is 'ofia Width across its` upperedge @..flllni'sh a neck band of'the i .largest size; intended 'for vtheparticularmj Cureld- -thecushioned .back 9, a strip of. "materlal of substantially the samewidth as the'y i neck band and of .a length tov 'extend substan- -terial ',.properly hemmed on all edges, except( "but on head-'12.

"the bottom edge 10,5Which isleft openfor" the insertion of the collar button,- and the f inner piece 'of the-cushionedback is provided 70 Wit a button Ahole 11 for' the passage ofthe #provided i ,button holes The tabs 6 and7 .are each a zseries of vertically dis ose 13, 13, 13',=.and-14,14, 14,'. three buttonholes '75 being 'prp'vided forreach tab-finl lclose -prOXR I' 'imityfto each other yandf. s1zes"'of'neck b andthese'bi'itton holes arevar# v ranged substantially onefeiighthgoft'airinh apart.V The button holes intherespective gntabs aref-provided" in such relation to. the' length of the neck band. t hat. Wlntthe tabsl f are overlapped and secured.' on" the; button theeven orhalf sizes designed. for the shirt.'l In order tolenjgthen the bandone eighth of an'inch on each sideso as to give a quarter size larger than the? size uponzwhich the shirt 1s constructed, the tabs' 6 andf 'arefsf-.dg

cured to the button 12 in the -outermosth-ole von each side. As these button hOlesai-'e substantially one eighth of-"an inchapart, this;

ladjustment Will increasethe-size of 'the neck a quarter of an inch, and as the extension is.

-abie Cenar button for thebaekior aangaan@ necessary collar buttons can be' sevvedfpermanently in place, although'W'i-th separate. collars this is not the usual arrangement.. My constructionv is also of great' ildvantafffey in the event of any shrinkage ofth'fneck im.

band, as the band can be readily enlarged .to overcome the effect of'shrinkag'e.

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, rate from the overlapping tabs forms a very l t of the shirt. llhen a gusset' is not pro- 'mental to the life of 'the shirt, inasmuch-"as/ yfect'fltting shirt in which the neck band can In the ordinary shirt construction, the provision ismade for taking'up thesurplus-a unaterial When the band is shortened, and a vthe variation in shrinkage of the neck band is very detri! the shrinkage exerts undue pressure on the front button holes, and they are very apt to be torn and enlarged, so as not to properly holdfthe collar button. With my il'n-l provements, therefore', the life of the neck life and usefulness of theshirt.

. The V-shaped gusset with the button holding back stripl attached thereto and sepaimfportant part' ofny invention. The main object of the invention is to provide a perbev varied'in length Without altering the vided, 'and overlapping tabs are employed, the` back'yoke Will t for. one size; but for any other size ,thebody' of Vthe shirt Will have to be taken up, and there is no assurance Where'this fold may come, and a misfit Washington, Y?. C.

size of the neck band.

neat fit is guaranteed with rear opening in the lneck band, anda V- shaped gusset inserted therein and' adapted to he gathered as the neck band isshortened,

shirt, havingaJ neck band i Having thus described Inyinvention, what. A 'l 46 with a button holding strip attached along l' the upper edgeiofvthe gusset and separate from theoverlapping vtabs. EDWARD J WEISBAUM. Attest: 'i'

ANNA F. DInN'sr,

MARs'roN ALLEN. v

each', by addressing the Commissioner' of Patents, 

